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Fashion Design and Marketing
- BA (Hons)
- 3 Years
- Full-time
- 09/2025
- Undergraduate
- Main Site
Course summary
Get ready to make your mark on the world with this unique degree. Fashion and Fashion Marketing will nurture your creative and technical fashion design skills while teaching you essential marketing know-how.
WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?
Fashion and Fashion Marketing gives you a valuable insight into the commercial aspects of fashion, including emerging trends and marketing concepts. At Derby School of Arts, we encourage you to take risks, be bold, imaginative and embrace the different. We also expect you to fail so that you learn and grow. This is a safe place to fail – we encourage, support and protect each other.
IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?
If you want to learn about the business of fashion but also want to design and make, this is your course.
If you are brave, if you are inventive, if you love creative – you belong at Derby School of Arts.
HOW YOU WILL LEARN
In a professional fashion design studio environment supported by the latest online learning facilities. You’ll undertake live projects for real clients and go on placements – all of which build valuable experience. There will also be national and international study trips.
OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES
We guarantee your work will be showcased and celebrated: we enter students into high-profile young designer competitions like Clothes Show Live and they regularly scoop awards at these.
CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY
Marketing is crucial to the fashion industry and there’s a growing number of career opportunities in fashion marketing. This degree will provide the ideal foundation for these roles, which might include marketing assistant/manager, market research analyst and sales manager.
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Main Site
Study options
- BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years
Start dates
- 09/2025
Apply by
29 January
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W223
- Institution code:
- D39
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus Code:
- -
- Points of Entry:
- Year 1
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
University of Derby has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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How to apply
Apply by
29 January
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W223
- Institution code:
- D39
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus Code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
We encourage you to outline all your qualifications and achievements in your application to provide us a full picture. Your offer will typically be based on your predicted and/or achieved grades from full level 3 qualifications or above e.g. A levels, BTEC Ext Diploma, Access to HE, etc.
Any subject specifics are outlined below in the A-levels section, and these specifics are applicable across all equivalent qualifications.
A strong application/performance and appropriate experience will be taken into account where typical criteria is not met.
A level - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma - D: 15 credits M: 24 credits P: 6 credits
Pass Access to HE Diploma with 60 credits with 45 at Level 3
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE Maths and English Grade 4/Grade C (or above) or equivalent qualification
T Level - M
Additional entry requirements
- Portfolio
English language requirements
IELTS overall score at a minimum of 6.0; with at least IELTS 5.5 in each band (Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing) or another Secure English Language Test (SELT) at CEFR level B2 or above
Contextual admissions
Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.
We are committed to widening access to Higher Education and consider each applicant based on their whole profile and achievements prior to issuing an offer.
Where applicants do not meet the published criteria, we may apply some flexibility to enable them to study on their chosen course. Where this is not possible, we will offer an alternative course or a 4-year route if this is available. For further information please contact askadmissions@derby.ac.uk
Historical entry grades data BETA
This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| EU | £16900 | Year 1 |
| International | £16900 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
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Email:askadmissions@derby.ac.uk
Phone:01332 591167
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